Hedge-trimmer



A. M. FOX.

(No Model.)

HEDGE TRIMMER.

No. 442,035. Patented Dec. 2, 1890.

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ANDREIV M. FOX, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

HEDGE-TRIMMER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,035, dated DeeemberQ, 1890.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW M. FOX, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hedge-Trimmers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in hedge-trimmers; and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter described, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved device, and Fig. 2 is a rear edge View of the same.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the base, which consists of a board or plate of any suitable material and of a proper size to project beyond each side of the hedge and be grasped by the attendants, its ends being tapered or reduced, as shown at B, so that they may be easily held. 011 the upper side of the base at the center of the same I provide the inverted-V-shaped hood or defiector C, which is adapted to rest upon the top of the hedge and throw off the cut twigs as they fall upon it, thereby preventing them from lodging on the hedge and disfiguring the same. At the center of the front edge of the base I provide a series of guard-fingers D, in which the sickles or cutters E are mounted and vibrate.

F designates a shaft, which is mounted transversely on the upper side of the base and has a crank-arm G at its front end, which is connected by a pitman II with the siekles or cutters, so that they will be vibrated as the said shaft is rotated, and is also provided Application filed March 12, 1890. Serial No. 343,572. (No model.)

with a balance-wheel G. The driving-shaft I is mounted on the base parallel with and adjacent to the shaft F, and is provided at its rearend with a gear-wheel J, which meshes with a pinion K 011 the rear end of thesaid shaft F. The gear-wheel J is also provided with a handle L, by means of which motion may be imparted thereto.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided a very simple device by which the hedge may be rapidly and easily trimmed. The machine is manipulated by two operators, one walking on each side of the row and pushing one end of the base before him. One of the operators rotates the gear-wheel J and thereby reciprocates the cutters or sickles to cut the hedge.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A hedge-trimmer consisting of a base, an inverted-V-shaped hood on the upper side of the base, a series of cutters at the front edge of the base, and mechanism for operating the cutters, as set forth.

2. The combination of the base A, having the reduced handle ends, the series of cutters at the front edge of the disk, the inverted-V- shaped hood on the upper part of the base, the crank-shaft connected by the pitrnan with the cutters and having the balance-wheel and end pinion, and the drive-shaft having the large gear-wheel J, provided with the handle, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW M. FOX.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN M. SPRIGG, CHAS. A. WALTMIRE. 

